tapat

See also: tāpat and tapāt

Catalan

Verb

tapat

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Finnish

Verb

tapat

1. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present indicative of tappaa

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tapat

1. honest; truthful

   Tapat ako sa aking trabaho. (I am truthful with my work).

2. sincere

   Ang pag-ibig ko sa iyo ay tapat. (My love for you is sincere.)

3. loyal

   Siya ay matapat kong kaibigian. (S/he is a loyal friend of mine.)

4. exact

   Tapat sa timbangan ang pinamili. (The merchandise bought is of exact measure.)

5. commensurate

   Katapat ng gawa ang mabuting asal. (Every work is commensurate of good conduct.)

Verb

tapat

1. to be honest

   Tatapatin na kita. (I will be honest with you.)

   Tinapat nya ko. (S/he told me the hard truth.)

2. to face up

   Tapatin mo ang Diyos. (Be honest to face God.)

   Tumapat ka sa karatula. (Face the signboard.)

   Magkatapat ang aming upuan. (Our chairs face each other.)

3. to meet

   Nagkatapat ang aming mga mata. (Our eyes met.)

4. to confess

   Magtapat ka nga sa akin, ikaw ba ang nagsulat sa dingding?
   (Can you be honest with me, are you the one who scribbled on the wall?)

   Pinagtapat ko ang buong katotohanan. (I confessed the whole truth.)

5. to direct

   Itapat mo ang ilaw sa aking dinadaanan. (Will you direct the light on my path.)

   Tinapat sa akin ang ilaw. (The light was directed towards me.)

   Itinapat nya sa akin ang electric fan. (He swerved the electric fan towards me.)

6. to land

   Napatapat ako sa day shift. (I landed the day shift.)

   Natapat ako sa mabait na clerk. ( I landed a kind clerk.)

   Natapatan ako ng cut-off time sa pila. (I landed the cut-off time on the waiting line.)

7. to match up

   Pagtapatin mo ang magkabilang dulo ng tela. ( Match the opposite ends of the fabric.)

   Pagtapat-tapatin ang magkasingkahulugan. (Match the words with the same meaning.)

   Tinapatan ko ng pagsusumikap ang binigay nyang trabaho. (I match with industriousness the job s/he gave.)

8. to talk sincerely

   Nagkatapatan kami ng guro. (The teacher and I had a sincere conversation.)

Adverb

tapat

1. truly

   Tapat kang paglilingkuran. (I will serve you truly.)

2. equal

   Tapat-tapat tayo sa hatian. (Be it equally divided among us.)

Preposition

tapat

1. across; in front of;

   Katapat ng tindahan ang aking tinutuluyan. (The place where I stay is across the shop.)

   Ang puno sa tapat ng bahay ay isang daang taon na. (The tree in front of the house is a hundred years old.)

Noun

tapat

1. honesty

   Ang katapatan mo ang iyong kayamanan. (Your honesty is your treasure.)

2. bottom price

   Tapat na ho. (It's the last price.)

Compund word

tapat

1. (midday; high noon)

   Nagsisimula ang aming lunch break sa eskwela ng tanghaling-tapat. (Our lunch break at school starts at high noon.)

2. (integrity)

   May katapatang-asal ang taong hindi kurakot. (One who is not corrupt has integrity.)

See also

proverb: ang pagsasabi ng tapat ay pagsasama ng maluwat